Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup

Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup

Founded	2000
Region	England  Wales
Number of teams	67
Current champions	Mickleover Sports (1st time)
Most successful club	Hyde United (2 wins)
Website	Evo-Stik League Website
2010–11

The Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup is currently a one-off game played between the champions of the Northern Premier League Division One North and Division One South. Prior to the creation of these leagues in 2007, the cup was a "plate" competition for teams that lost in the Challenge Cup. The winner of the Chairman's Cup now goes on to play the Premier Division champions in the Peter Swales Shield.

History

The Chairman's Cup's first season was in 1999–2000. At this point the Northern Premier League consited of just two divisions and the tournement was a "plate" competition for teams that had lost in the Challenge Cup. The competition is now competed by the respective Division One North/South champions. Hyde United is the most successful team with 2 wins. Due to the new structure of the competition, it is now only possible to defend the title if the champions of Division One North/South are not promoted to the Premier Division – as happened with Retford United in 2007–08 due to ground problems.

Since the split of Division One into two leagues in 2007–08; winning the Chairman's Cup secures qualification to play the Premier Division champions in the Peter Swales Shield.

Finals

Pre-split

Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes Venue 2000 Hyde United Emley 2001 Barrow[1] Harrogate Town 2002 Worksop Town[2] Droylsden 2003 Hucknall Town[3] Droylsden 2004 Hyde United Leek Town 2005 Kidsgrove Athletic[4] 7–6 Woodley Sports Over two legs 2006 Blyth Spartans 2–0 Ossett Town at Blyth Spartans[5] 2007 Guiseley 2–1[6] Cammell Laird After Division Split Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes Venue Division of winner 2008 Retford United[7] 2–0 Witton Albion South 2009 Durham City[8] 2–1 Retford United North 2010 Mickleover Sports[9] 2–2 FC Halifax Town 3–1 on penalties[10] South 2011 Game not played [11] Results by team Teams that have won the cup at least once. Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Hyde United 2 0 2000, 2004 Retford United 1 1 2008 Barrow 1 0 2001 Blyth Spartans 1 0 2006 Durham City 1 0 2009 Guiseley 1 0 2007 Hucknall Town 1 0 2003 Kidsgrove Athletic 1 0 2005 Mickleover Sports 1 0 2010 Worksop Town 1 0 2002 See Also Peter Swales Shield Northern Premier League Footnotes ^ http://www.barrowafc.com/newsite/club/history.php Barrow history ^ http://www.worksoptownfc.co.uk/about/history3.php Worksop honours ^ http://www.hucknalltownfc.com/content/club-honours-90.htm Hucknall honours ^ http://www.kidsgroveathletic.co.uk/honours/honours.php Kidsgrove honours ^ http://www.blythspartansafc.co.uk/results/results2005-06.htm Blyth results 2005-06 ^ http://www.gazetteandobserver.co.uk/sport/1292423.guiseley_win_cup_but_dolans_priority_is_promotion/ Guiseley Cammell match report ^ http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/retfordunited/a/honours-9965.html Retford honours ^ http://www.durhamcityafc.com/pages.php?page_id=138 Durham honours ^ http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/mickleoversports/a/honours-9876.html Mickleover honours ^ http://nln24.com/reports/match/mickleover-success-in-chairmans-cup Mickleover Halifax match report ^ http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=264470%3Bguest=25744765 Scores and results from match programmes. External links Evo-Stik League Website